Bracket for swinging rods



Sept. 22, 1942. A. A. ALLEN BRACKET FOR SWINGING RODS INVENT OR.

Filed April 12, 1941 A TTORNE YS.

Patented Sept. 22, 1942 BRACKET FOR SWINGING RODS Archie A. Allen, Sturgis, Mich, assignor to Kirsch Company, Sturgis, -Mich.

Application April 12, 1941, Serial 'No. 388,205

2 Claims.

' This invention relates to improvements in brackets for swinging rods.

This invention relates to adjustable brackets for mounting swinging curtain rods or the like including curtain cranes.

Heretofore various means have been employed for pivotally mounting the top of the base of brackets for swinging curtain rods or cranes and various means have been provided for swinging the base over the face of the wall or window casing to level the swinging rod. Various'compli'cated mechanical means have been used. One of the favorite methods of adjusting has been permitting the base of a bracket to be adjusted and to be clamped in place by a'wood screw which was screwed into the wood of the wall or window casing. Inmany instances this arrangement has proven itself to be unsatisfactory, either because the screw would not hold in the wood to clamp the bracket and maintain itin adjusted position, or because of the necessity for different adjustments the screw has become loosened in the wood, making it impossible to clamp the bracket against the wall with the necessary force. The swinging of the bracket across the face of the wall or window casing has not been desirable because it has had a tendency to mar the woodwork.

The objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a new and improved bracket of the class described with simple means for adjusting the level of the swinging rod or crane and for holding it in adjusted position and for permitting repeated adjustments without marring the wall or window casing, said adjusting means being capable of holding the adjustment even after several adjustments.

Second, to provide such a bracket in which a base is attached to the wall and in which the swinging base of the rod or crane bracket moves across the face of this base and in which the adjusting means are operatively connected to the base rather than to the wall so as to permit many adjustments without impairing the holding qualities of the adjusting means.

Third, to provide such a bracket which is made of metal or the like and which is provided with an adjusting cam and a machine screw threaded in the base which is attached to the wall to clamp the cam to said base to hold it in adjusted position.

Fourth, to provide such a bracket in which the adjusting and holding means are simple and inexpensive and are easily accessible from the front of the bracket for adjustment.

Other objects and advantages pertaining to details and economies of construction and operation will appear from the description to'follow. The invention is defined in the claims. Preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig, l is a front elevational view of one of the brackets'in position on a wall.

Fig. 2 is a view taken from the left of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a partial view in section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. '1.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of a different form of bracket embodying the invention,

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a View of a still different form of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional View taken on the line 88 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a front elevational view of a different form of bracket embodying the invention.

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view taken on line I0I0 of Fig. 9.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. l-4, there is provided a base plate I, a bracket member 2 having a base 3 and a pivoted curtain rod 4 which is hinged at 5. The base plate is provided with an upper aperture 6 and a lower aperture 1., which are shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to receive wall attaching screws 8 and 9. The base 3 is provided with an aperture I 0 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to receive the Wall attaching screw 8 on which the base 3 is pivotally mounted for swinging movement across the face of the base plate I.

The base 3 is also provided with an elongated slot II extending radially from the aperture Ill. Cam I2, which in this form of the invention consists of a metal stamping, is mounted in the slot II. It is provided with an eccentrically located aperture I3 through which a machine screw I4 extends. The machine screw I4 is provided with a head I5 in clamping relationship to the cam I2. It is screw threaded in the base plate I as indicated at I6.

The cam I2 is provided with a flange H which overlies the base 3 of the bracket member 2 and serves to hold the bracket member 2 and the base plate I in assembled relationship when the cam is in the slot and the machine screw I4 is in screw threaded engagement with the base I. The aperture 6 in the base plate I, and the aperture ID in the base 3 of bracket member 2, are so located that they may be placed in register when as nearly vertical as possible.

whether the rod 4 is level.

The bracket is attached to the wall or the window casing with attaching screw 8 through the holes 6 and I and with the attaching screw 9 through the hole I. The base plate is placed In order to level the curtain rod 4, the screw I4 is loosened. A

screw driver is then inserted in the slot I9 to turn the cam I2 to adjust the bracket member by swinging it across the face of the base plate. When it is in desired position, the screw I I is "tightened to clamp the cam I2 in position. The :-fianges II serve to keep the bracket member :from swnging upwardly and outwardly away from -.the base plate.

In Figs. and 6, there is shown a modified form of the invention. The base plate IOI is com parable with the base plate I. has the base I03 which is comparable with the The bracket I02 base 3 of the bracket shown in Figs. 1-4. Instead of employing the elongated slot II, cam following means are provided which form an elongated radially extending recess III. These consist of the lug I20 which projects from the face of the base I03 and the projection I2I which forms part of the projecting bracket member I02. The cam H2 is provided with an eccentrically disposed aperture H3 and has the screw driver receiving slot II9. In order to permit the swinging movement of the base I03 across the base plate IOI, a transverse slot I22 is provided in the base I03 through which the screw II4- provided with the clamping head II5 passes. The screw is screw-threaded at IIB into the base IOI.

This form of the bracket is used in the same way as the form of bracket shown in Figs. 1-4.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 7 and 8, an open bottom slot 3I I is provided in the base 303. The cam member 3I2 is inserted in this slot and is held by having the ends 323 bent inwardly.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the base plate 41 does not extend the full length of the base 403. It is provided with a hole I01 to receive an attaching screw and the base 403 has an offset portion 424 in which the slot 4 is formed. The screw II I provided with the clamping head I5 is screw threaded at M6 in the base plate 40 I The brackets embodying the invention are extremely simple in construction. When the base plates and the bases are fastened to the wall, the

bracket may be leveled as above described. The

herein employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation. There is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described. It is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bracket for swinging curtain rods or the like comprising a base plate and a bracket member having a base, said base plate and base having registering apertures with a wall attachin screw or the like extending therethrough to pivotally mount said base for movement across the face of said base plate, said base plate having a second aperture with a wall attaching screw or the like extending therethrough, a slot in said base extending substantially radially from the aperture in said base, a rotatable cam in said slot having an eccentrically disposed aperture, and a machine screw having a head engaging said cam in clamping relationship with said base plate and extending through the aperture in said cam and in screw threaded engagement with said base plate.

2. A bracket for swinging curtain rods or the like comprising a base plate and means for fastening it to a wall, a bracket member having a base pivotally mounted for swinging movement across the face of said base plate, a slot in said base extending substantially radially from the pivot point of said base, a rotatable cam in said slot having an eccentrically disposed aperture, a machine screw having a head engaging said cam in clamping relationship with said base plate and extending through the aperture in said cam and in screw threaded engagement with said base plate.

ARCHIE A. ALLEN. 

